Posted on 10/29/2012 1:58:35 PM PDT by nhwingut
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama the candidate stepped aside Monday so the commander in chief could take over.
In the waning days of his re-election bid, the president scraped two days of campaigning and retreated from the trail. He hunkered down at the White House to oversee the government's response to the East Coast superstorm and to project presidential leadership.
"The election will take care of itself next week," Obama said, speaking to reporters at the White House after hastily flying back to Washington from Florida, one of the handful of states the two campaigns are contesting the hardest.
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What a crock. Here we are stuck in a hurricane and I regretfully tune into the Weather Channel. And the insipid reporter is asking some unnamed local official if it will help him now that President 0bama has declared a disaster area? GAG! Honestly, they can’t be anymore obvious. Turning off the TV before the power goes out...and following FR and internet sources from the iPhone.
This probably will help his job approval. Disasters usually do.
As long as he doesn’t have to make any decisions.
Obama couldn’t lead a two-car funeral.
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